Usage:
Santa Clara Formation (CA*)
Subunits:
Searsville Member (CA).
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Pliocene, late*
Pleistocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Stevens Creek, 0.25 mi west of southeastern corner sec. 28, T. 7 N., R. 2 W., north along west side of Stevens Creek reservoir to axis of syncline, 0.25 mi north of southwestern corner sec. 22, T. 7 N., R. 2 W., Santa Clara Co., CA (Dibblee, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).